One of the fun things about community theatre is that it's a great source for gossip - none of which I can repeat here, because half the time it ends up not being true, and the other half it's just an exaggeration.
Usually it's just funny. For example, when I was directing a show several years back, the rumor going around was that the cast had been selected already - the rumor even named the people who were getting the key roles. Which was quite a surprise to me, because I never pre-cast a show, and we hadn't even had the auditions yet. After the auditions, the cast was announced, and not a single rumored prediction was right - the cast was completely different. I always wonder how the person who starts a rumor like that explains the error to their friends.
But most of the gossip is pretty harmless - for example, word has it that a certain community theatre group is dropping plans for a big show they had planned to present this year. That sort of thing happens all the time, because a group can announce plans to present a show, but the rights can be withheld for a variety of reasons - usually to avoid conflicting with a traveling show or to avoid two groups in the same area doing the same show.
The rumors say the group plans to replace that show with a classic bit of theatre, but adding an interesting twist. As always, more on that incredibly vague rumor as announcements are firmed up.
Unless it all ends up being wrong, in which case I'll pretend I never wrote any of this.
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